WILSON v. DAWSON

1900406.

590 So.2d 263 (1991)

Margie Moberg WILSON, as Mayor of the City of Prichard v. R.L. DAWSON, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Galloway and Nicholas Nagrich of Collins, Galloway & Smith, Mobile, for appellant.

Gregory L. Harris and Michael A. Figures of Figures, Jackson & Harris, Mobile, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

This appeal relates to the power of a mayor in a mayor-council form of city government to exercise an executive veto of the city's budget duly adopted by the city council. The specific issues are: 1) whether a mayor can add or change items in a budget duly adopted by the council on the ground that the council failed to budget for expenditures that are required by law, and 2) whether the city council, by...

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